Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Austria
Austria: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) was 16.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Austria, 1994–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Austria stood at 16.5%.
The figure is up 10.0% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Austria peaked at 31.2% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 15.0%, in 2020.
Austria ranks 108th of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.7% | 28.2% | 31.2% | 6 |
| 2000s | 22.7% | 19.8% | 28.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 18.3% | 15.6% | 20.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 15.0% | 16.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More poverty & inequality data for Austria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.32 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,722 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.033 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0736 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0736 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0906 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1561 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Austria?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Austria was 16.5% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 31.2% in 1996.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.0% in 2020.
- How does Austria rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Austria ranks 108th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.